Bill Connors: Biography

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• Sonny Sharrock
• Mike Stern
• Terje Rypdal
• John Abercrombie
• Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Al di Meola
• Allan Holdsworth

• Paul Bley

• Return to Forever

• Jan Garbarek
• Airto Moreira
• Gary Burton
• Chick Corea
• Lenny White
• Stanley Clarke

Born:

Sep 24, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA

Genres:

Jazz Music, Bop Jazz Music, Fusion Jazz Music

Decades Active:

1970's|1980's|1990's|2000's

Artistic Quality

Low

Cultural Impact

Low

Popularity

Low

Ratings Guide

Bill Connors' great moment of fame occurred when he was with Chick Corea's Return to Forever during 1973-1974, recording the influential Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy. His decision to leave RTF to concentrate more on acoustic guitar may have been satisfying artistically, but it cut short any chance he had at commercial success. Previously, he had played electric guitar with Mike Nock and Steve Swallow in San Francisco; but his post-1974 work was primarily acoustic, particularly in the 1970s when he recorded a series of atmospheric albums for ECM (including with Jan Garbarek). In the mid-'80s, for Pathfinder, Connors' music became more rock-oriented, but those releases did not make much of an impact despite his talent.

- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide